America’s 20 Most Affordable Top-Ranked Universities: U.S. News college rankings

The U.S. News & World Report has published its 2018 college and university rankings. To determine the top 20 most affordable top-ranked universities, we examined institutions in the U.S. News National Universities ranking with the lowest 2017-2018 “Tuition and Fees” and narrowed our criteria to only include institutions in the top 200 of the 311 ranked.

Here are the 20 most affordable top-ranked universities in America:

1. Brigham Young University — Provo (Provo, Utah)
National rank: 61
Tuition and Fees: $5,460

2. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (Syracuse, NY)
National rank: 97
Tuition and Fees: $18,090 (out-of-state), $8,240 (in-state)

3. San Diego State University (San Diego, CA)
National rank: 140
Tuition and Fees: $19,340 (out-of-state), $7,460 (in-state)

4. University of North Carolina–Charlotte (Charlotte, NC)
National rank: 198
Tuition and Fees: $20,268 (out-of-state), $6,834 (in-state)

5. Montclair State University (Montclair, NJ)
National rank: 187
Tuition and Fees: $20,566 (out-of-state), $12,454 (in-state)

6. North Dakota State University (Fargo, ND)
National rank: 198
Tuition and Fees: $20,571 (out-of-state), $9,409 (in-state)

7. Ohio University (Athens, OH)
National rank: 151
Tuition and Fees: $21,360 (out-of-state), $11,896 (in-state)

8. Rowan University (Glassboro, NJ)
National rank: 171
Tuition and Fees: $21,378 (out-of-state), $13,108 (in-state)

9. University of North Dakota (Grand Forks, ND)
National rank: 192
Tuition and Fees: $21,462 (out-of-state), $9,862 (in-state)

10. Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL)
National rank: 81
Tuition and Fees: $21,673 (out-of-state), $6,507 (in-state)

11. Iowa State University (Ames, IA)
National rank: 115
Tuition and Fees: $22,256 (out-of-state), $8,420 (in-state)

12. Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS)
National rank: 71
Tuition and Fees: $22,358 (out-of-state), $8,138 (in-state)

13. University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM)
National rank: 192
Tuition and Fees: $22,412 (out-of-state), $7,150 (in-state)

14. University of Central Florida (Orlando, FL)
National rank: 171
Tuition and Fees: $22,467 (out-of-state), $6,368 (in-state)

15. New Mexico State University (Las Cruces, NM)
National rank: 198
Tuition and Fees: $22,701 (out-of-state), $7,122 (in-state)

16. Texas Tech University (Lubbock, TX)
National rank: 176
Tuition and Fees: $23,011 (out-of-state), $10,771 (in-state)

17. University of Nebraska–Lincoln (Lincoln, NE)
National rank: 124
Tuition and Fees: $23,256 (out-of-state), $8,690 (in-state)

18. University of Mississippi (University, MS)
National rank: 145
Tuition and Fees: $23,554 (out-of-state), $8,290 (in-state)

19. West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV)
National rank: 187
Tuition and Fees: $23,616 (out-of-state), $8,376 (in-state)

20. Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, OK)
National rank: 156
Tuition and Fees: $23,776 (out-of-state), $8,738 (in-state)

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Here are this year’s top 5 U.S. News national universities:

Princeton was the top-ranked national university, followed by Harvard and the University of Chicago.

1) Princeton

2) Harvard

3) U. of Chicago (tie)

3) Yale (tie)

5) Columbia (tie)

5) MIT (tie)

5) Stanford (tie)